Michigan

South Lyon Police say 13-year-old made bomb threat

The 13-year-old student at South Lyon's Millennium Middle School who e-mailed a bomb threat to the principal Wednesday was angry because he had been thrown out of a choir concert, South Lyon Police said today.

Chief Lloyd Collins said police asked the principal after school resumed Wednesday morning if he'd had any problems with students in previous days. The teen's name was one of several mentioned, Collins said.

Collins said students reported overhearing some bragging they attributed to the teen.

Police contacted the teen's parents, who cooperated and turned their son's computer over to investigators, Collins said.

The teen has since been suspended pending criminal charges.

Under a five-year-old law, a minor convicted of making a false bomb threat can be prohibited from getting a driver's license or taking driver's training for three years.